Science Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:12:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Science Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 UN Votes for More Accurate World Map https://teachingkidsnews.com/2026/09/08/un-votes-for-more-accurate-world-map/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:12:14 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21654 The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for countries to adopt the Equal Earth map from now on.

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]]> Dinosaur “highway” discovered in UK https://teachingkidsnews.com/2025/03/25/dinosaur-highway-discovered-in-uk/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:27:58 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21588 A team of scientists working in Oxfordshire, England, has uncovered a trail of dinosaur footprints from the Middle Jurassic Period, about 166 million years ago. They found so many tracks in one place, they have nicknamed it the “dinosaur highway.” […]

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]]> Top Plastic Polluters Named https://teachingkidsnews.com/2024/05/08/top-plastic-polluters-named/ Wed, 08 May 2024 21:31:24 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21512 Four companies have been identified as the top plastics polluters, according to a new study.

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]]> Girl’s Fossil Find Helps to Identify New Prehistoric Species https://teachingkidsnews.com/2024/04/21/girls-fossil-find-helps-to-identify-new-prehistoric-species/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 20:17:17 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21453 The fossil Ruby Reynolds found when she was 11 has led to the discovery of a new prehistoric ocean reptile species.

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]]> OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Samples Studied by NASA https://teachingkidsnews.com/2024/01/15/spacecraft-delivers-asteroid-sample-to-earth/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:04:50 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21427 Dust and rock samples from a distant asteroid (via the OSIRIS-REx mission last September) are being studied by scientists at NASA.

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]]> Crew chosen for Artemis II space mission https://teachingkidsnews.com/2023/04/04/crew-chosen-for-artemis-ii-space-mission/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:12:50 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21329 The crew for Artemis II includes Canadian Jeremy Hansen, who will be the first Canadian to orbit the moon and witness the "Earthrise" first-hand.

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]]> Ancient Device for Dealing with Lice https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/11/29/ancient-device-for-dealing-with-lice/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21100 An ancient lice comb features the earliest complete sentence written using the Canaanite alphabet.

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]]> Artemis Rocket Launches After Delays https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/11/21/artemis-rocket-launches-after-delays/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:46:48 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21088 The first rocket of the Artemis space program has launched after many delays.

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]]> NASA bumps into an asteroid–on purpose https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/10/05/nasa-does-some-asteroid-practice/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:32:01 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21023 NASA has bumped into an asteroid to see if they could change its direction.

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]]> James Webb Space Telescope gives us a better look at the universe https://teachingkidsnews.com/2022/09/21/james-webb-space-telescope-gives-us-a-better-look-at-the-universe/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:12:41 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=21004 We can now see more of the universe, thanks to the most powerful telescope ever created.

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